{"id":444,"date":"2008-04-09T05:17:22","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T10:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/2008\/04\/09\/state-workers-pay-increase-cut-instead-of-pork\/"},"modified":"2008-04-09T05:17:22","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T10:17:22","slug":"state-workers-pay-increase-cut-instead-of-pork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/state-workers-pay-increase-cut-instead-of-pork\/","title":{"rendered":"state workers&#8217; pay increase cut instead of pork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ncis.unl.edu\/Images\/budget.jpg?resize=206%2C164\" height=\"164\" \/><font face=\"Calibri\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%\">In our special meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 SC Senate Finance removed the 2% salary increase from the budget. This pay increase did not include legislators &#8211; not to be confused with the retirement 2% COLA in S. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.net\/cgi-bin\/query.exe?first=DOC&amp;querytext=1124&amp;category=Legislation&amp;session=117&amp;conid=3646599&amp;result_pos=0&amp;keyval=1171124\">S. 1124.<span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none\"><span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: blue; line-height: 115%\"><v:shapetype coordsize=\"21600,21600\" o:spt=\"75\" o:preferrelative=\"t\" path=\"m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe\" filled=\"f\" stroked=\"f\" id=\"_x0000_t75\"> <v:stroke joinstyle=\"miter\"><\/v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn=\"if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @0 1 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum 0 0 @1\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @2 1 2\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelWidth\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelHeight\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @0 0 1\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @6 1 2\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelWidth\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @8 21600 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelHeight\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @10 21600 0\"><\/v:f><\/v:formulas><v:path o:extrusionok=\"f\" gradientshapeok=\"t\" o:connecttype=\"rect\"><\/v:path><o:lock v:ext=\"edit\" aspectratio=\"t\"><\/o:lock><\/v:shapetype><v:shape o:spid=\"_x0000_i1025\" type=\"#_x0000_t75\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.net\/cgi-bin\/query.exe?first=DOC&amp;querytext=1124&amp;category=Legislation&amp;session=117&amp;conid=3646599&amp;result_pos=0&amp;keyval=1171124\" o:button=\"t\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v3.24.1.2\/t.gif\" style=\"visibility: visible; width: 0.75pt; height: 0.75pt\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\"><v:imagedata o:title=\"t\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:UsersRXARAppDataLocalTempmsohtmlclip1\u00001clip_image001.gif\"><\/v:imagedata><\/v:shape><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%\">If this was the last option we had to balance the budget, I might consider the cut. I did not vote for this cut because there are other areas to look first. For example, the Legislative Slush fund (competitive grants) has $18 million remaining from last year, but I\u2019m told the law doesn\u2019t allow us to use that money to balance the budget. Last time I checked we write the law so I\u2019d like to explore ways to get that money. Also, we\u2019re sending $3.5 million to the Greenwood Genetics Center whatever that does. We\u2019re sending $24 million in scholarships to Coastal Carolina. We could expand medicaids\u2019 prior authorization on prescriptions to save us millions, but no, we pick on our dedicated state employees. Go figure\u2026<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our special meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 SC Senate Finance removed the 2% salary increase from the budget. This pay increase did not include legislators &#8211; not to be confused with the retirement 2% COLA in S. S. 1124. 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